Unfit For Command: Lies, Contempt and Gross Criminal Negligence of the George W. Bush Administration

[babylonsister]

http://scoop.epluribusmedia.org/story/2007/4/13/231731/881

Unfit For Command: Lies, Contempt and Gross Criminal Negligence of the George W. Bush Administration
by GreyHawk
Fri Apr 13, 2007 at 11:17:31 PM EST


The qualities of leadership are part subjective and part objective, with a smattering of both quantitative and qualitative measures thrown in. An ideal leader is a unique mix, with the definition of "ideal" itself subject to the area in which it is applied. The ideal leader of a jungle expedition may not be the best person to lead a military charge, while the leader of a tactical strike group may not be the ideal business leader. Sometimes leaders must adapt to challenging and rapidly changing circumstances. Ideally, a leader would have the wisdom to select advisors to augment the level of problem-solving skills on-hand.

The Presidency of the United States is a prime example of this.

When troubled times plague a nation, it is incumbent upon the President to project confidence and gain the trust of the nation. Anything short of this is nothing more than a massive failure to perform.

Welcome to the world of George W. Bush and company.

Presidents George: Washington vs. G.W.B.

The Bush-Cheney Presidency is the most toxic administration in the history of our nation. The culmination of a spin-spawned, propaganda-ridden marketing effort to achieve the much-vaunted "Permanent Republican Majority" clouded the judgement of folks like Tom DeLay, Newt Gingrich and Bill Frist to the extreme detriment of our nation, our allies and the world. The Republican Party has become a perfect example of the worst danger to our Constitution and democracy -- a danger which our first President, George Washington, warned us about in his farewell address.

Under the Bush-Cheney regime, and with the full and complicit participation of their first-term Republican Majority in Congress, our nation underwent critical changes that impacted our domestic and foreign policies, our readiness and capability to effective address disasters, and a substantial overhauling -- perhaps better termed as "keelhauling" -- of our military. Under their inauspicious guidance, military spending and authority increased dramatically, while civil liberties suffered; while military contracts and the use of both military and civilian contractors grew, readiness and preparedness of our forces shrunk considerably. All the while, our founding freedoms, our civil rights, our liberties and the basic tenets in which our nation was conceived were all critically injured.

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[jimshoes]

1. I would have worded this

a little differently... "clouded the judgement of folks like Tom DeLay, Newt Gingrich and Bill Frist to the extreme detriment of our nation" to something more like "willing and eager participants in the destruction of our once great nation".